Iron County register., 1887-10-13

wheels passing over his neck. he lived q
few hours.
AMONG the passengers from Liverpool
by the steamer City of Rome, which ar
rived in New York on the 9Th, were Com
modore Foote and Miss Nestle, Governor
Marmaduke of Missouri, Hon. H. Jermfng-
ham, NJ. Lord, j. T. Browne and Mime. Pyk-
Newsom. the Swedish urima donna.
Two men, named James Delaney and
Dennis OShea, were struck by an in-com-
ing train on the Union Pacific road at Oma-
ha, Neb.. on the 9th, and instantly killed.
They were each in a buggy, and were run
ming a arace on their return from the funeral
OF Patrick O'Shea, who died in the joliet
IlI.) penitentiary October 4.
A FIRE broke out on the 9Th in Ephrain
How's distillery in New York. The build
ing is three stories high, and of brick, and
was filled with valuable spirits. The
whole stock was destroyed, despite the
efforts of the firemen to save it, and with
in an hour the distillery was in ashes.
The loss on the building is $4,000, and on
spirits $150,000.
THE total amount of bonds offered to the
Government on the Sd was $295, 75o, of
which $242, 500 were Ia, and $53, 250 were
per cents.
SECRETARY LAMAR has decided that the
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its grant of land from Portage to Ashland,
Wis, and directed that patents for the
same be issued. He denied the applica-
tion of the road for a suspension of the
recent order of withdrawal until the road
could adjust its grant.
JOHN M. KEIM, a wealthy farmer of
Lobachsville, Pa, committed suicide on
the night of the 9th by shooting himself in
the head. Deceased was indicted at the
last term of court on a charge of defraud-
ing a bank out of 500, and it is supposed
that trouble led him to take his life.
A HOUSE located in q block bounded by
Michigan, Ontario, Locust and Lagrange
streets, Toledo, O., was recently vacated
and new tenants moved into the dwelling.
While ci stern was being cleaned out on
the 7th, it was found to contain the bodies
of thirteen infants. The house was former
ly occupied by midwife, who has been
arrested.
COLONEL c. W. CooMBs, of Moniteau
County, Mo-, celebrated his silver we'd
ding at Washington, d. c., on the 7th.
NJ. MAUDET, the French Consul at Lauri-
um, Greece, has been dismissed on account
of attentions paid by him to an Orleans
princess, while the latter was making
tour of the country.
YELLOW FEVER is reported again preva-
lent at Tampa, Fla.
AT the Knights of Labor General AS.
sembly at Minneapolis, Minn., on the 7th,
the secretary presented his annual report.
SILAs HAMPTON and Seaborn Green were
hanged for murder at Forth Smith, Ark,
on the 7th.
THE scientific surveying parties sent to
the far Northwestern British possessions
by the Canadian Government report sue.
cessful results.
THE acquittal of Lord Mayor Sullivan
of Dublin is regarded at London as virtu-
ally a death blow to the Tory govern
ment's policy of coercion in Ireland.
GEO. WINMILL, Esq, engineer of the
Northwestern State railway of India is
visiting this country studying the railway
methods.
AT Wooster, O., on the 9TH, Frank Roth,
of Cleveland, was convicted of murder in
the first degree for killing his wife. The
Roth and his wife were visiting in Woos-
ter, and was prompted by jealousy.
THE first snow of the season commenced
falling in Montana on the 7th. The
ground about Livingston was covered
three inches deep. Snow had fallen on
the mountains, and the high peaks were
coated white.
A. W. QUINN, late of the quartermas-
ter's department, United States army,
committed suicide at Manchester, N H.,
on the 7th, by hanging. His death is at
tributed to melan cholia consequent upon
the death of his wife.
In the report of Minister Hubbard to the
Department of State, wherein he gives in
formation relative to the trade of Japan
for 1888, he intimates that America is dis
criminated against in the awarding of
government contracts for public works.
THE report of the London Board Of
Trade for the month of September shows
that the imports increased f1, TIC, 900 over
September, 1886, and that the exports,
compared with the same month, increas-
ed 100000.
THE acting Secretary of the Navy on the
7th received dispatch from Rear Admiral
Chandler, commanding the Asiatic squad
ron, dated Nagasaki, japan, September 7,
in which he says he will send ship inn
mediately to Nonage island of the Caro-
line group to investigate the native massa-
ere of Spaniards and protect American in
taresfs and miss ion arias in India